Improvement in corn and potato-flow



W. NOTMAN.

Ridge Plow.

Patented Nev. 24, 1868.

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. Be it known that I, WALTEE NOTMAN, of Deereld, in the county ofPortage, and State of Ohio, have invented a newand useful Improvement inCorn and Potato-Billing Plow; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof', .which will enableothers skilled in the art to make and use the same', reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming part of this speiication, AinWhich- Figure l is a plan view of my invention, in which a portion Vofthe frame-work on one side is broken away, to exhibit the form'of themopld-boards,

`Figure 2 is a side view of thel same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple and effective plowor cultivator for hilling up corn and potatoes or other growth for whichit is adapted.

The invention consists in the arrangement of parts, as will behereinafter more fully described.

In the drawings- A A are two pieces, ajxed to a cross-piece, H, and`oined together in front in the form of the letter V.

B B are handles, affixed to the frame, as shown.

The uprights D are aixed to the frame A and t0 the handles B,betweenwhich they are located.

O are braces, the lower ends of vwhich are affixed to the front ends ofthe mould-boards G. These braces, in practice, are of iron, and theirupper en ds are affixed to the frame A, as shown.

E are auxiliary iron braces, tosn'stain the uprights Dand the braces C,andare affixed to the frame A and to braces O, as shown.

I is a brace, between the handles, to keep them from springing from theuprights D, whenany lateral strain acts upon the latter.

The mould-boards G are of metal, and are each bent or twisted to form awarped surface, as show'n, and are arranged'with their front endsdiverging, as shown. The rear ends approach each other, and thus act todeliver the soil gathered up by the front ends upon the row, between thetwo mould-boards.

The team is hitched to the front end of thei'rame A, and the attendantWalks on either side of the row,`

guiding vthe apparatus bylone of the handles B.

I am` aware of the patent granted to John Kurtz, July 16, 1867, for animproved cultivator, but I claim f nothing therein shown, as it forms nopart of my in-

